The 2010 US Census is coming soon and there’s an important opportunity for same-sex couples to be counted. In the 1990 & 2000 censuses, same-sex couples could identify as married or unmarried partner. While the results weren’t officially reported, the raw numbers show that 145,000 same-sex couples identified as married or “unmarried partners” in 1990 […]

via mrsexsmith.tumblr.com I don’t really have anything to add. I think that this speaks for itself.

Remember how at the start of the gay marriage debates, a lot of people were claiming that gay marriage was a threat to the institution of marriage? Well, the most recent information  from the National Center For Vital Statistics (thanks to HuffPo for the link) shows that after 4 years of gay marriage, Massachusetts has […]

I’m sure that you’ve heard plenty of the panicked claims about how same-sex marriage will lead to the inevitable destruction of everything that’s good and wholesome. The slippery slope model of sex is a phrase which I first heard in Gayle Rubin’s article “Thinking Sex” and anyone interested in geeking out on some excellent sexual […]

Those are words that I never thought I’d say. It seems that Dick Cheney, whose daughter is a lesbian, has finally come out and said that he supports gay marriage, but on the state level rather than the federal level since marriage has historically been regulated on the state level in the US. And I […]

via Carnal Nation Does it seem to you that the anti-gay marriage folks are getting a little desperate to come up with a logical, reasonable explanation for why they don’t want gays to marry (besides their homophobia, I mean)? You’ll love this one, then. GOP Chairman Michael Steele has proposed that if gays are allowed […]

It seems that the National Organization for Marriage can’t come up with a reason why same sex couples shouldn’t get married that’s not based on bigotry and homophobia, so they’re falling back on creating a moral panic. Check this out. Pretty remarkable isn’t it. Lies about how people who support queer marriage are going to […]